Weird job at Schneider.

That's pathetic pay. Are you fresh out of CDL school?
If they'll put on you on per diem, which they most likely will, you'll really make 31cpm.

 

So rather then have a recovery driver hitch a ride on another truck they put him in a plane? How much flying does a guy actually do in a year? Do they compensate for that?

So they take drivers from locals where the freight is lean and move them to locals where they can use them?

Just the regular scale CPM pay that Schneider offers or is their something more to it?

Typical recover driver stuff then? Only now they offer air fair?

Sound like a low pay high hassle gig?

 

Your pay wont stay at .33 for very long. Your first year you get several raises. I came in with experience and still went up .04 in a year. Still not very high compared to some, but my job was very easy and I drove alot of miles.
Your job can be very fun if you like to do something different everyday. I did it when I first started at Swift back in 04. They flew me around picking up and shuttling trucks, hunted for abandonded trailers, get customers ready for our dedicated services, bringing brand new trucks nack to terminals, right from the plants. Give it a try, you may really enjoy it

 

When a "mobile driver" comes out from the house Schneider decides where to fly them into - basically whichever OC has more trucks than drivers. Once they've been flown in somewhere it's ground transport the rest of the way. They may stay in that first truck their entire tour or may swap out. Our trucks are "owned" by each division. If we have a Gary driver quit, get fired, or severely broke down in Memphis Gary has to 'recover' the truck. So a mobile driver flies into Memphis, picks up 'Gary's' truck and goes running for three weeks, dropping the truck in Gary. Or maybe he goes running until freight gets him thru Gary where he drops truck #1 and picks up a truck 'owned' by Portland. Then he starts hauling freight generally heading towards Portland.

Mobile drivers tend to only be from southern Florida, Maine, or Alaska. Places that have a lot of people looking for driving jobs but few (reputable) companies hiring. Their pay structure is wierd - it makes sense its just very complicated to handle their unique work schedule. I don't have hard numbers on what they make, but turnover in the division is low compared to the rest of the company. If they make it thru 6 months then they stick around.

 

Same pay for 20% less work.